Waxing and polishing heads for mops



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July 5, 196@ P. s. vosBlKlAN ETAL 2,943,339

wAxING AND PoLIsHING HEADS FOR Mops Filed Nov. 20, 1958 ATTORNEY WAXINGAND POLISHING HEADS FOR MOPS Peter S. Vosbikian and Thomas S. Vosbkian,Melrose, Pa. (both of 20th and Oxford Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.)

Filed Nov. zo, 195s, ser. No. 775,241 2 Claims. Y(C1. 1'5-118) Theobject of this invention is to devise a novel waxing and polishing headfor mops which can be economically manufactured and which will beeicient in operation.

In devices of this character, the handle contains or carries the waxingor cleaning material and is provided with manually controlled feedingmechanism and has a long life, while the waxing and cleaning head wearsout and has to be replaced by a new head.

A further object of the invention is to devise a novel head which can bereplaceable without the use of tools.

A further object is to devise a novel construction and arrangement of awaxing portion and novel means -to assemble it with the body portion ofthe head.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafterappear in the detailed description and the appended claims.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, we have shown in theaccompanying drawings preferred embodiments of it which we have found inpractice to give satisfactory and reliable results. It is, however, tobe understood that the various instrumentalities of which the inventionconsists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention isnot limited, except by the scope of the appended claims, to the exactarrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a waxing andpolishing head embodying the invention, and shown in assembly with ahandle.

Figure 2 is an exploded View of the component parts of the head.

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation showing an assembly stage with a studcarried by a waxing assembly extending through an aperture in the bodyportion.

Figure 4 is a view similar to that of Figure 3 but showing the stud bentover the body portion.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Figure l.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan View of another embodiment of body portionformed of plastic material.

Figure 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 shows in elevation another form of stud device which can beemployed.

Figures 9 and 10 are sectional details of other forms of fasteningdevices for securing the plate to the body portion.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings:

Referring rst to Figures l to 5 inclusive, a body portion 1 is in theform of a rectangular Wooden block of material of substantially uniformthickness throughout its area and provided with longitudinally spacedapertures 2. The body portion 1 has at its central portion near one sideof the body portion a vertical hole 3 in free communication with thefront end of a laterally exnite States Patent tending hole 4which opensthrough the rear side of the body portion. The hole 3 extends throughthe top and bottom of the body portion. l

A coil spring 5 inserted into the hole 3 has adjacent strandsinterlocking with a rounded head 6, commonly called a dolls head, formedat the forward end of a horizontal stretch of a handle 7, the headhaving a rounded portion with a tapered terminal and a groove in rear ofthe rounded portion.V

It will be clear that the lateral stretch 7 terminates in a point with ashoulder in rear of saidpoint.

A waxing and polishing assembly consistsV of a rectangularly shapedrigid flat plate 8 to the underside of which the skin side of a woolstrip 9 is glued and side marginal portions of the plate and woolsecured thereon are folded upwardly and inwardly to form seats for thebody portion 1. The plate 8 carries in any desired manner longitudinallyspaced upstanding studs 10 which pass through the apertures 2 in thebody portion and their free ends are then bent over into contact withthe body portion to maintain the assembly of the body portion and theWaxing and polishing assembly. A cover strip 11 is preferably glued tothe top face of the body portion, and such cover strip may be in theform of a rectangular block of plastic or other type of absorbentmaterial.

The steps of drilling the apertures 2 and the holes 3 and 4 can beeliminated by employing a plastic body portion as shown in Figures 6 and7. In this embodiment, a -body portion 12 has a flat top face withdepending side anges, and depending from the top are longitudinallyspaced stud receiving sockets 13 which open through the top and areadapted to receive the studs 10 in the same manner as already explained.A boss 14 depending from the top has a vertical hole 15 to receive thecoil spring 5 and a lateral hole 16 to receive the bottom stretch of thehandle in the same manner as set forth in connection with Figures 1 to5.

It will thus be apparent that the body portion 12 can be substituted forthe body portion 1.

In Figure 8, the studs are formed by a U shaped Wire 17 havingupstanding end portions to pass through the apertures 2.

The renewable Waxing and polishing assembly for replacement may consistof only the rigid plate, the waxing and polishing material and thestuds, or it may include the body portion and also if desired theabsorbent block.

However, it is not necessary to replace the body portion, the handle orthe manually controlled means for controlling the feed of liquid, sincethey are fabricated for a long life and are not subjected to wear as isthe waxing and polishing material.

The means for securing the plate to the body portion may have anydesired construction. For example, in Fig. 9 it is shown in the form ofa bolt 18 having a head contacting the bottom of the plate with athreaded shank receiving a nut to contact the top face of the bodyportion. Y

In Fig. 10, the fastening -device is shown in the form of a screw 19passing through the body portion and threaded into the plate.

If the handle is given a sharp pull rearwardly, it is released from thespring and can -be withdrawn from the body portion. When the handle ispushed through the lateral hole 4, the dolls head interlocks withadjacent strands of the spring, as will be apparent.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A waxing and polishing head, comprising a rectan- Patented July 5,1960L gular shaped body portion having a vertical hole and having alateral hole opening through one side wall of the body portion and intothe vertical hole, a coil spring in said vertical hole with adjacentcoil portions adapted to interlock with a handle inserted into saidholes, a at rigid plate having opposite side portions deflected upwardlyand inwardly to form spaced side anges, a wool strip secured to thebottom of said plate and its side anges to form seats for the bottom ofthe body portion, means to secure said plate to said body portion toclamp the wool strip between the body portions and the wool strip onsaid flanges, and a block of absorbent material covering the top wall ofsaid body portion and secured thereto.

2. The construction dened in claim l, wherein a handle has a lateralstretch at its inner lower end terminattf, ing in a point with a roundedshoulder in rear of said point and with an annular groove in rear ofsaid shoulder to receive adjacent coil portions to interlock the handlewith the head.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,233,565 Whelan Mar. 4, 1941 2,769,995 K lein Nov. 13, 1956 FOREIGNPATENTS 62,091 Austria June `l5, 1913 493,405 Belgium May 16, 1950780,607 Great Britain Aug. 7, 1957

